coat

== English == === Alternative forms === cote (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ̯t/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯t] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ̯t/, [ˈkʰəʊ̯t] (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈkoʈ/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkəʉ̯t/, [ˈkʰəʉ̯t] (monophthongization) IPA(key): /ˈkoːt/ Rhymes: -əʊt Hyphenation: coat Homophones: court, ('w' dropped) quote (South Asia, non-rhotic) === Noun === coat (countable and uncountable, plural coats) (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint. fresh coat of paint (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin. Near-synonym: pelt (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather). (obsolete) A petticoat. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. A coat of arms. A coat card. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: koto → Swahili: koti (South Wales) Welsh: cot (North Wales) Welsh: côt ==== Translations ==== === Verb === coat (third-person singular simple present coats, present participle coating, simple past and past participle coated) (transitive) To cover with a coating of some material. (transitive) To cover like a coat. (transitive, archaic) To clothe. ==== Hyponyms ==== (to cover with a coating): salt (using salt); candy (using sugar); whitewash (using white paint); lacquer (using lacquer); luster, lustrate (with lustrous effect) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Toca, Cato, CATO, cota, ATOC, taco, TACO, octa-, octa, Cota == Pipil == === Alternative forms === kuwat === Etymology === From Proto-Nahuan *koowa-tl. Compare Classical Nahuatl cōātl (“snake”). === Pronunciation === (Standard) IPA(key): /ˈku(w)at/ (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈɡu(w)at/ (Tacuba) IPA(key): /ˈkʷat/ === Noun === coat (plural cohcoat) snake ==== Derived terms ==== acoat (“eel”) mazacoat (“boa constrictor”) yolcoat (“tapeworm”) == Yola == === Noun === coat alternative form of cooat === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65